| | "[[Flipperithecus]]" was the name of the "humanoid species" arising from a fossil find that is most likely part of dolphin's rib. The name "Flipperithecus" was given by anthropologist Dr. Tim White and reported in [[Science News]].<ref>W. Herbert, Science News. 123:246 (1983)</ref> | | "[[Flipperithecus]]" was the name of the "humanoid species" arising from a fossil find that is most likely part of dolphin's rib. The name "Flipperithecus" was given by anthropologist Dr. Tim White and reported in [[Science News]].<ref>W. Herbert, Science News. 123:246 (1983)</ref> |
| − | {{cquote|"A five million-year-old piece of bone that was thought to be a collarbone of a humanlike creature is actually part of a dolphin rib according to an anthropologist at the University of California-Berkeley." - Ian Anderson, "Hominoid collarbone exposed as dolphin's rib", in ''[[New Scientist]]'', 28 April 1983, page 199<ref>http://www.creationism.org/articles/quotes.htm</ref>}} | + | {{cquote|"A five million-year-old piece of bone that was thought to be a collarbone of a humanlike creature is actually part of a dolphin rib according to an anthropologist at the University of California-Berkeley." - Ian Anderson, "Hominoid collarbone exposed as dolphin's rib", in ''New Scientist'', 28 April 1983, page 199<ref>http://www.creationism.org/articles/quotes.htm</ref>}} |
| | Dr. Tim White, [[anthropology|anthropologist]] at the University of California-Berkeley likened the incident on par with the "[[Nebraska man]]" and "[[Piltdown Man]]" incidents.<ref>Ian Anderson, "Hominoid collarbone exposed as dolphin's rib", in New Scientist, 28 April 1983, page 199</ref> Dr. White stated regarding the fossil find, "Seldom has a bone been hyped as much as this one."<ref>Ian Anderson, "Hominoid collarbone exposed as dolphin's rib", in New Scientist, 28 April 1983, page 199</ref> Anthropologist Dr. Noel Boaz from New York University who made the original classification of the fossil has countered, "I have not gone any further than the evidence allowed." <ref>Ian Anderson, "Hominoid collarbone exposed as dolphin's rib", in New Scientist, 28 April 1983, page 199</ref><ref>W. Herbert, Science News. 123:246 (1983)</ref> Dr. Boaz described and defended his stance regarding the fossil find in the journals ''Nature'', the ''American Journal of Physcial Anthropology'' and ''Natural History''. | | Dr. Tim White, [[anthropology|anthropologist]] at the University of California-Berkeley likened the incident on par with the "[[Nebraska man]]" and "[[Piltdown Man]]" incidents.<ref>Ian Anderson, "Hominoid collarbone exposed as dolphin's rib", in New Scientist, 28 April 1983, page 199</ref> Dr. White stated regarding the fossil find, "Seldom has a bone been hyped as much as this one."<ref>Ian Anderson, "Hominoid collarbone exposed as dolphin's rib", in New Scientist, 28 April 1983, page 199</ref> Anthropologist Dr. Noel Boaz from New York University who made the original classification of the fossil has countered, "I have not gone any further than the evidence allowed." <ref>Ian Anderson, "Hominoid collarbone exposed as dolphin's rib", in New Scientist, 28 April 1983, page 199</ref><ref>W. Herbert, Science News. 123:246 (1983)</ref> Dr. Boaz described and defended his stance regarding the fossil find in the journals ''Nature'', the ''American Journal of Physcial Anthropology'' and ''Natural History''. |